ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
Catasetum.—Ord. Orchidacew. Stove deciduous orchids. First 
introduced 1822. ee : 
CULTURE: Compost, good fibry peat. Position, pots or hanging 
baskets, well drained. Water freely from time new growth begins 
until leaves fall off, very little other times. Temp., March to Sept. 
65° to 85°; Sept. to March 60° to 70°. Resting period, winter. Flowers 
appear. at base of new pseudo-bulb when growth is finishing. Propa- 
gate by division of plant at potting time. 
SPEOIES OULTIVATED: O. atratum, yellow, white and purple, July, Brazil; 
Bungerothii, white, spring, Venezuela; callosum, brown and yellow, June, Vene- 
zuela; christyanum, red, beeen and green, spring, Trop. America; macrocarpum, 
brown and purple, spring, Trop. America; maculatum, green and purple, Sept., 
Guatemala; saccatum, purple and yellow, March, Colombia; splendens, white and 
yellow, spring, Venezuela. There are others, but above are the best. 
Catch-fly (Silene pendula).—See Silene. 
Cat Chop (Mesertbryartheritm felinum).—See Mesembryanthe- 
mum. 
Catesbzea (Lily Thorn). — Ord. Rubiacew. Stove evergreen 
flowering shrubs. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam & peat, & alittle sand. Posi- 
tion, well-drained pots & plenty of light. Pot in March. Water 
freely March to Sept., moderately afterwards. Temp., 55° to 65° 
Oct. to March, 75° to 85° afterwards. Propagate by cuttings inserted 
in sand under bell-glass in a temp. of 75° in spring. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED.—S. spinosa, yellow, May, 10 ft., W. Indies. 
Cathcartia ae er Poppy).—Ord. Papaveracew. Hardy 
herbaceous perennial. First akroaneed 1850. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary, dryish. Position, sunny, well-drained 
rockery. Propagate by seeds sown fin. deep in sandy soil in cold 
frame in July, transplanting seedlings into small pots in Aug., keeping 
them in cold frame till planting time. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: ©. villosa, yellow, June, 1 ft., Himalayas, 
Cat-Mint (Nepeta Glechoma).—See Nepeta. 
Cat-Thyme (Teucrium marum).—See Teucrium. 
Cat’s Ear (Antennaria tomentosa).—See Antennaria. 
Cat’s Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)—See Valeriana. 
Cattleya.—Ord. Orchidacew. Stove orchids. Evergreen. First 
introduced 1815, 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts coarse fibry peat, one part chopped 
living sphagnum moss, charcoal, & sand. Position, well-drained pots, 
hanging baskets, blocks. Pot, Feb, or March. Keep plants well above 
rim of pot. Water three times weekly March to Aug.; once weekly 
Aug. to Nov, & Feb. to March; once a month other times. Syringe 
freely in summer. Temp., March to Sept. 65° to 85°; Sept. to March 60° 
to 70°. Resting period, winter. Flowers appear at top of new growth 
directly [ada is completed. Propagate by Sick of pseudo-bulbs at 
otting time. : 
PGPEO ES OULTIVATED: ©. Aclandix, yellow, green and purple, May, 6 in., 
Brazil; bicolor, crimson and purple, summer, 2 ft., Brazil; bowringiana, rosy- 
purple, Oct., 12 in., British Honduras; citrina, yellow, April, 4 in., Mexico; 
guttata, yellow and purple, Nov., 2 ft., Brazil; intermedia, purple and white, 
spring, 1 ft., Brazil; labiata, mauve, purple ond yellow, autumn, 1 ft. Brazil: 
labiata aurea, yellow, crimson and gold, Oot., 1 ft., Colombia; labiats dowiana, 
yellow, orimson and gold, Oct., 1 ft., Costa Rioa; labinta Eldorado, lilac, white 
and yellow, summer, 1 ft., Brazil; labiata gaskelliana, purple and orange ‘yellow, 
summer, 12 in., Venezuela; labiata luddemanniana, purple, rose, and yellow, sum- 
mer, 1 ft., Venezuela; labiata Mendellii, white, rose and yellow, May 12 in. 
Colombia; labiata Mossise, white, rose, purple and yellow, May, 1 it, Venezuela; 
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